Date of birth

4 October 1964

Lawyer since

1988

At gsj since

1990

Partner since

1993

Practice group

• Social and labour law, civil service law and education law

Studies

• 1987: Law degree, KUL 
• 1988: Juristenprogramm des deutschen akademischen Austauschdienstes 
• 1994: Eignungsprüfung for admission as Rechtsanwalt to the Düsseldorf Bar 
  

Languages

Dutch, French, English and German

Preferred subjects

Social law, Civil service law, para-languages and education, Commercial law

Selection of publications

• Gesellschaftsrecht in Belgien, Eine Einführung mit vergleichenden Tabellen, Verlagsgruppe Jehle-Rehm, München, 1993
• "The appearance of subordination and self-employment", in Searching for Law, H. SEBREGHTS (ed.), Die Keure, Bruges, 2002, 167-192
• The legal status of self-employed assistants in the architectural firm, paperback edition NAV, 2008 and reissue 2011
• "Working together on a self-employed basis: what should you consider?", in Dimension, professional journal for architects & consultancy, vol. 7 Jan-Feb-May 2013, no. 27, pp. 36-40
• The legal status of self-employed employees in the architectural firm, paperback edition NAV, 2008 and reissue 2011
• "The appearance of subordination and self-employment", in Searching for Law, H. SEBREGHTS (ed.), Die Keure, Bruges, 2002, 167-192
• Gesellschaftsrecht in Belgien, Eine Einführung mit vergleichenden Tabellen, Verlagsgruppe Jehle-Rehm, Munich, 1993

Memberships

• 2019-2020: Secretary of the bar association province of Antwerp
• 2018-2020: Member of the council of order of lawyers bar province of Antwerp
• Since 2020: Secretary of the Second Chamber of the Disciplinary Board of the Orders of the Bar of the Antwerp Court of Appeal
• 2002-2004: Vice-president and Chairman of the Flemish Conference at the Antwerp Bar
• 2005-2009: Member of the council of the Antwerp Bar Association
• 2010-2016: Antwerp delegate to the general assembly of the Order of Flemish Bars
• 2015-2018: Assessor disciplinary council for lawyers of the orders of the jurisdiction of the Antwerp Court of Appeal
• Board member and member Belgisch-Deutsche Juristenvereinigung
• Member Association for Labour Law

Selection of study days and teaching assignments

2019

• 27 June 2019: The new disciplinary regime for statutory personnel of municipalities and OCMWs (study day BY EXPERTS: update personnel matters in the Flemish public sector)
• 14 and 21 May 2019: Working with wage earners in architectural offices (VITRIUS OPLEIDINGEN with sessions in Zwijnaarde and Berchem)

 2018

• 19 and 21 June 2018: scaling architectural offices (NAV COLLOQUIUM in Antwerp and Ghent)

 2017

• 16-21-23 February 2017: Employees within your office: working with salaried and self-employed people (NAV COLLOQIUM in Antwerp, Aarschot and Ghent)

2015

• 4 December 2015: Employees within your firm : working with wage earners and the self-employed (NAV COLLOQUIUM 2015)
• 15 October 2015: disciplinary law for public service contractors (EBP Brussels)
• 8 October 2015: Liability of/for (staff of) foreign contractors (EBP Brussels)
• 20 and 28 May 2015: Workshop on false self-employment in architectural offices (NAV memo sessions Antwerp and Ghent)

 2014

• 16 and 24 June 2014: Attendance registration in yards (NAV memo sessions Waregem and Wijnegem
• 13 June 2014: Issues to consider when working with volunteers (ESCALA Event for the Care Sector)

 2013

• 2 December 2013: Issues to consider when working with volunteers. BDO residential elderly care seminar
• 14 June 2013: Apparent self-employment in the care sector (ESCALA Event for the Care Sector)

 2012

• Healthcare tender day Zaventem 22.11.2012: Working with self-employed workers - public contract vs. pseudo self-employment
• 1 June 2012 : Geschäftsführerverträge nach belgischem Recht (Belgisch Deutsche Juristenvereinigung, Düsseldorf)
• 15 May 2012 (Geel) 22 November 2012 (Brussels), 5 June 2013 (Bruges) and 7 December 2015 (Zwijnaarde) Disciplinary law for police officers (ESCALA)